Influence of stream-groundwater interactions in the streambed sediments on NO3- flux to a low-relief coastal stream

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Gu, Chuanhui ^a,b   Hornberger, George M ^a,c,d   Herman, Janet S ^a   Mills, Aaron L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Berkeley Water Center   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

BASE FLOWS; BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; COASTAL STREAMS; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; DENITRIFICATION RATES; FLOOD WAVES; FLOW PATHS; GROUNDWATER INTERACTIONS; HILL SLOPES; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; HYDROLOGICAL FACTORS; NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS; NITRATE FLUXES; NITRATE LOADS; NITRATE REMOVALS; PLANT NUTRIENTS; RESIDENCE TIMES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATERS; STORM EVENTS; STREAM CHANNELS; STREAMBED SEDIMENTS; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS; VARIABLY SATURATED FLOWS; VIRGINIA;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

BASEFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; DISCHARGE; FLOOD WAVE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAM BED; STREAMWATER;

EID: 58149089533     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006739     Document Type: Article

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